The English version stars the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods, John DiMaggio, and Amanda Misquez.

[3] The English version of the film was given a limited release in the United States on 27 March 2011 and opened to generally mixed critical reviews.

[4] Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave this film 1 out of 4 stars and said that Mia and the Migoo is far too childish to intrigue adults yet too slow and dull for kids.

Shawn Levy of The Oregonian gave this film a C− and wrote, "It's lovely, truly, but so heavy-handed and slipshod that it's probably best enjoyed with the sound off—an option they're not likely to offer at the movie theater".

[5] On the positive side, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times gave this film 3 of 5 stars and said that "trying to parse meaning in Mia is secondary to its main point, which is its look, created with 500,000 hand-drawn frames".